News and notes from day two.

• Combine Day 2: 5 Up, 5 Down - MLSDraft.net
  

The latest news from day one:

• McCarthy's Musings: First Day Jitters - at Goal.com
• 2009 MLS Combine Day 1 (Game 1) - at Pro Player Pipeline
• 2009 MLS Combine Day 1 (Game 2) - at Pro Player Pipeline
• Combine Day 1: 5 Up, 5 Down... - at MLSDraft.net
  
  

The news from the final day:

• Combine Day 3: The Final Countdown - MLSDraft.net
• Mock Drafts - Keepin' It Real
• Interview from the MLS SuperDraft Combine - Sounder at Heart
• 2009 Pre-Combine Interviews at Soccer City FC

More reports filtering out from the web.

• MLS Combine Report Day Three - 3rd Degree
• 2009 MLS Combine: Day 3 (Game 1) - Pro Player Pipeline
• 2009 MLS Combine: Day 3 (Game 2) - Pro Player Pipeline

Some last minute articles and posts from around the web...

• 2009 Final MLS SuperDraft Forward Rankings - 3rd Degree
• 2009 Final MLS SuperDraft Midfield Rankings - 3rd Degree
• 2009 Final MLS SuperDraft Defender Rankings - 3rd Degree
• 2009 Final Goalkeeping Prospects Rankings - 3rd Degree
• MLS Combine Wrap Up - 3rd Degree
• 2009 MLS Final Draft Rankings - Pro Player Pipeline
• The Spirit in St.

Soccer City FC as interviewed several of the players competing at this year's MLS Combine which begins on January 9th. We will post the interviews as they become available here or elsewhere. Stay tuned.

• Collegiate Corner: Tosaint Ricketts (2/22/2008)
  

Here are five from the crystal ball. Let's check back next fall and see how right or wrong we were.
1. Wake Forest's Lyle Adams will be a finalist for Rookie of the Year
2. Six first rounders will appear in at least 20 games. Last season there were two - Sean Franklin and Roger Espinoza.

Here are some mocks and other draft news for those who are looking...

• Kyle McCarthy's Mock Draft at Goal.com
• Buzz Carrick's Top 20 Prospects at ESPNsoccenet
• Ives Galarcep: Whose stock is up and whose is down? at ESPNsoccernet

In the first round of the 2009 MLS Superdraft, DC picked Rodney Wallace, Defender- Maryland with the number 6 pick, and Chris Pontius, Forward, UC-Santa Barbara. As I am not a college soccer watcher of any sort, I will give you the scouting reports I've found thus far. Rodney Wallace: Coach Cirovski on Wallace: "Rodney is [.

Indiana University midfielder Brad Ring is one of top prospects available for tomorrow's 2009 MLS SuperDraft. Analyst Buzz Carrick has the holding mid listed as his number 11 prospect in the entire player pool. Soccer City FC recently spoke with the player prior to the MLS Combine which he was unable to attend due to injury.

I have to admit, yesterday was pretty darn fun. I'm still not a believer in SuperDraft, but the banter surrounding it is, bar none, pretty entertaining. And that was just on the internets! But the discussions on the telly were pretty, um, interesting. Alexi Lalas said that Taylor Twellman was "gone.

I took a look at roster security for several of the players interviewed prior to the draft over at SI.com's FanNation. Have a look: Reality Check

Kartik Krishnaiyer at MLS Talk with an excellent piece on the need for MLS to refocus on domestic priorities -- Read On -- MLS Needs to Refocus on the Domestic Game

The men from up north who run MLSDraft.net with a fine early season interview from Seattle's Steve Zakuani. Read on at their site...

• One on One With Zakuani

By the way, Zakuani scored tonight against San Jose in the 42nd minute at tonight's match at Qwest Field.

American Idol is back, and so is MLS SuperDraft! Full disclosure: I rarely watch American Idol. In fact, I haven't watched it regularly since one of my ex-girlfriends used to guilt me into becoming a regular viewer. She used to say that I was "obligated" to join her on the couch for Idol because she watched sports with me all of the time.

We will have some up in the next 72 hours or so... Drop back in for the fun.

Rookie defender Matt Besler, the Kansas City Wizards first pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, is penning a weekly blog post at MLS Daily. Great work by the site editor to bring Matt in to offer up the "inside look" at the MLS experience.
Read on -- Across The Midwest Pitch - #1